Unseen Tours

Unseen Tours is a social enterprise that’s changing perceptions around homelessness through walking tours. Since 2010, they’ve been training people affected by homelessness to curate and lead their own walking tours of London.

Unseen Tours believe in giving their guides a platform to tell their own story, as well as those in the communities they know best. In this way, they provide them with paid work, confidence, opportunities to up-skill, and social inclusion.

Every aspect of the tours has been co-constructed with the guides themselves, making the Unseen Tours experience a genuine joint venture from the ground up. At the same time, they offer a unique and eye-opening experience of London, to both tourists and long-time London residents. Their aim is to change public perceptions around homelessness in all its complicated aspects, and value the often untapped potential of people who have experienced it.

Unseen Tours operates as a Social Enterprise. The majority of ticket revenue is paid directly to the guides, with all remaining revenue used for essential operational costs, including a phone and transportation for the guide. Any profit Unseen Tours make is directly reinvested back into the enterprise to engage more guides and widen our reach.